Manaoag undefeated with 4 wins

TEAM
Manaoag again notched a scintillating win, making it the only unbeaten
contingent under Group B in the quarterfinal rounds.

Team Manaoag, challenged by Team Sual on March 3 at the Manaoag Sports Complex, was led by its point guard Manny Santos and assisted by his equally-strong stalwart players, namely: Mark Christian Meneses and Angelo Aromin.

The
first quarter was accentuated by ferocious blocks of Manaoag’s towering cager,
Meneses, who also left the audience in awe with his dunk shots. Manaoag ruled
the first quarter with a 12-point lead, 25-13.

Team
Sual tried to fight off the momentum of their nemesis, but Manaoag kept its fire burning with its
back-to-back-to-back baskets. Manaoag cagers, running on basketball court at
top speed, finished the second quarter with a 14-point lead, 49-35.

Nothing stopped Team Manaoag to score more and post as high as 20 points advantage against Sual with almost six minutes left in the shot clock, 61-41. Sual, on the other hand, showed no fear even when Manaoag set a 13-point advantage at the end of the third quarter, 73-56.

Manaoag
players continued to control the rest of the game, padded their lead up to 23
points with five minutes left in the game. Team Manaoag eventually posted a
21-point lead at the end of the game, 101-80.

Meanwhile,
teams of Mangatarem and Sto. Tomas and Alaminos City also won against their opponents held in the
same venue. Bautista led in first three quarters against Mangatarem, only to
lost 98-96 in the end.

Sto.
Tomas also subdued Malasiqui via two-point lead in a hard-fought match 89-87.
Alaminos City won via default because Asingan was a “no show” in their
scheduled match.